Our 31st Show will be on the 13th & 14th November 2010
At the usual venue of:
The Costello (Athletics) Stadium, Anlaby Park Road North, Boothferry Road, HULL, HU4 6XY
The show will be open on both days from 10.00am until 5.00pm
Admission:*
Adults £4.00, Concessions £3.00, Family (2 adults+2 children 5-15years) £11.00 (Concessions are over 60 years or 5 to 15 years, under 5s free) Maintained at last year's level.
Light refreshments will be available on both days between between 10.30am and 4.00pm.
Limited free off street parking is available, plenty of room for parking on the local streets. (please note that the organisers have no control over the parking facilities and will not be supervising the car park).
Disabled access, exhibition is on the ground floor with lift to the refreshment area.
Exhibition Manager:
Dave Birks. 11, Braid Hills Drive, Castle Grange, Bransholme, Hull, HU7 4ZN
Tel: 01482 836869 Email: see link on Hull MRS home page
Sixteen + layouts are being invited to appear at the 2010 Hull Model Railway Show.
Layouts invitations accepted for the 2010 Show
Bonchester Bridge: 4mm/ft 'EM' (Brian Sunman) Bonchester Bridge represents the terminus of a fictitious branch line in the Scottish Borders area.
Originally built by the North British Railway, it is depicted during the mid 1960s , just prior to it's inevitable closure, by1968, as happened to all of the NBR's border lines.
Black Rock, Buffalo: 3.5mm/ft 'H0' (Steve Grantham) - layout debut - Represents a small Railway Express Agency depot, with adjacent team tracks, in the Black Rock area of Buffalo, New York State USA, during the early to mid 1960s
Crumley & Little Wickhill: 4mm/ft '009' (Hull Miniature Railway Society) An essay in scenic modelling representing a narrow gauge line in the Yorkshire/Lancashire border during the early 1030s.
Driffield: 4mm/ft '00' (Hull Miniature Railway Society) Based on the station and surrounding area of the Wolds town of Driffield in the 1960s and '70s.
Duncrieve Sidings: 4mm/ft 'EM' (Adrian Walby) A small yard somwhere in the Scottish Central Belt during July 2009. Depicting the movement of coal trains
Easington Lane: 4mm/ft 'EM' (Ian Manderson) The model portrays part of a fictitious secondary railway route in the North East.
Fish Dock Road: 4mm/ft 'P4' (Gordon Luck) A shunting puzzle layout, which takes the Grimsby Fish Docks area in the 1950s as its theme, showing locos and stock which were typical of this once important rail traffic.
Highbury Colliery: 2mm/ft '2FS' (Jerry Clifford) Portrays a typical North Somerset Colliery as it might have looked in the 1920. It is built to 2mm Scale Association standards.
Loch Oran: 2mm/ft 'N' (David Harrison) Based on the junction at Crianlarich on the West Highland Line if it had survived into the 21st Centurary.
Timpdon Lake Railway: 16mm/ft 'SM32' Live Steam (Chris Mackenzie) Quayside harbour and engine shed plus a chance to see how live steam locos are prepared and operated.
The North of England Line: 2 mm/ft 'N' (Scarborough & District Railway Modellers) Based on the Waverley Route in north to the Yorkshire/Lancashire mill towns in the south during the 1990s.
Otherglen: 4mm/ft '00fs' (Royce Coates) A fictitious location in Scotland set in the early 1990s situated a few miles from Edinburgh, taking in a small engineers depot which is rail served,
Rotkenichen Verdeck: 2mm/ft 'Continental 'N' 1:160' (Stephen Pugmire) - layout debut - Rotkenichen is a small village on the foothills of the Bavarian Alps connected by a small branch line to the main line below, set at the turn of the last century.
Whitby Quayside: 4mm/ft 'EM' (Paul Gregory) The layout depicts a small North Yorkshire coastal terminus in the late 1950s-early1960s during the steam to diesel transition period.
Wooddale (NE:) 4 mm/ft '00 (Cleethorpes Model Railway Society) Set in the late 1950s and early 1960s Wooddale depicts an imaginary station in a medium industrial town on a diversionary route off the East Coast Main Line north of York.
Zorba's Mine: 7mm/ft '0n3' (Baz Ward & Friends) A freelance 0n3 narrow gauge layout based on the Island of Crete with an eclectic mix of British, Continental and Greek influence.
Plus our 'hands on' children's' layouts so that children both young and old can have a go at operating model railway layouts.
Trade Support invited to the 2010 Show :
A1 Models, Specialist products for the diesel era modeller of the British and North American prototypes.
Andrew Neal Books, Wide range of new, second-hand and out of print books and magazines on railway, industrial and transport history.
Caistor Loco, A shop run by modellers for modellers, from a train set to a man hole
BlackCat Baseboards suppliers of baseboards and display cabinets..
D&E Videos/DC Kits, A vast range of DVD railway related titles, along with kits and models from DC Kits.
H & A Models, Suppliers of coach and wagon kits from the major manufacturers plus accessories.
Hull & Barnsley Railway Stock Fund, Currently restoring the last remaining rolling stock of the H & B R at Goathland. Varied collection of photos on display.
Hull MRS Second Hand Sales, The Society's sales stand has a large variety of second hand model railway and other items being sold by members.
The Model Shop (Hull), New and used ready to run model railways and accessories from the leading makers.
Modelex, A range of controllers and automatic modules plus the Churchward Models range of etched brass kits and frets. Also available a wide range of tools, electronic components, fittings etc.
MTFG Hobbies, Traditional model and hobby outlet selling a wide range of items associated with the hobby of model railways and beyound.
North Yorkshire Moors Railway, Details of the railway plus a chance to purchase Calendars, Christmas Cards etc.
Railway Correspondence & Travel Society, National society with regular meetings, many publications will be on sale including signal diagrams etc.
Royal British Legion, Support over this special weekend.
Unit Models, A range of quality cast resin scenic accessories and kits for British, American and Continental modellers in a all popular scales.
Wizard Models (MSE/51L), A range of signalling and associated parts in 2 - 16mm scales, Sprat & Winkle and DG auto-couplings for 2 - 7mm scales plus a range of carriage and wagon kits and components in 4mm scale. Plus various ancillary modelling items.
The Bachman display stand will be in attendance.
A number of Hull MRS members will be demonstrating various modelling techniques during the Show. including making buildings from cardboard, signalling, to constructing brass kits
There will be ou rever popular Tombola stand.
Getting to the Show
By car. Using a Sat Nav or the AA route finder use HU4 6XY
From the North via York and the Beverley bypass (A1079) join the A164 towards the Humber Bridge. At the Roundabout immediately prior to the bridge, take the first exit to join the A1105. At the bottom of the hill ('Darley's Public house on your left') take the second exit A1105. Follow to the traffic lights and turn left into Anlaby Park Road North. The Costello (Athletics) Stadium is on your right.
From the West follow the M62/A63 take the exit marked 'Humber Bridge' A15 (just past the Murco petrol station on your left) and follow the A15 to the roundabout for the Humber Bridge, take the second exit onto the A1105 then follow the details above.
From the South, over the Humber Bridge (Toll) after leaving the toll take the third exit at the roundabout onto the A1105. DO NOT follow the signs to Hull! then follow the details above.
From the East of Hull directions to follow.
By Public Transport. The nearest station is Hull Paragon Interchange. The following buses will take you to Anlaby Park Road North from the Interchange. Bus number '66' approx every 10 mins on Saturdays and every hour on Sundays (5 mins past the hour at the Interchange and 20mins to the hour at Anlaby Park Road North). Bus number '155' Saturday every hour at 25 mins to the hour from the Interchange and 10 mins past the hour at Anlaby Park Road North. Very infrequent on Sundays. Bus number '2' Every 10 mins from the Interchange and Anlaby Park Road North (opposite the Costello Stadium) Sundays every 30minutes. The journey time for all services is approximately 25 minutes.
A bus service is available from North Lincolnshire. the '350' Humber FastCat runs from Scunthorpe via Barton, where it meets trains from Grimsby, to Hull. A 30 minute service leaving Scunthorpe at 15 and 45 minutes past the hour from 0815 and from Barton Interchange 00 and 30 mins. The return from Five ways rounabout from 1024 and then at 54 mins and 24 mins past the hour. Full details can be found at EYMS and Stage Coach Bus.
The train service is every 2 hours from Grimsby arriving at Barton Interchange at 5 mins to the even hour. The train does not operate on Sundays during the Winter.
Please note that these are details as currently known. You are adviced to check with the bus and train operators before travelling
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*The admission charge represents a membership fee to the Hull M.R.S., for the day of issue only, in accordance with para 3.8 of the Constitution of the Society.
Page updated12th February 2010